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Producing ammonia with small-scale electrochemical reactors
A TEAM of MIT chemical engineers has developed an electrochemical process for producing ammonia that reduces emissions and could allow decentralised production of ammonia in remote areas.
Type: News
Partners to develop and commercialise polysaccharide technology
DUPONT Nutrition & Biosciences and global chemicals company Kemira have partnered to develop and commercialese DuPont’s technology for producing engineered polysaccharides.
Type: News
Consortium investigates Australian P2X industry
A RESEARCH consortium led by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, Australia is investigating the potential to grow a new power-to-X (P2X) industry to benefit a range of New South Wales (NSW) infrastructure. The industry could contribute to accelerating a hydrogen economy.
Type: News
Novel anodes for safe and stable seawater-based aqueous batteries
US RESEARCHERS have developed a battery anode based on a new nanostructured alloy that could change how energy storage devices are designed and manufactured. The novel alloy also progresses the potential of replacing solvent electrolytes with seawater, a safer, inexpensive, and abundant alternative.
Type: News
Engen to convert SA refinery into terminal
AFRICAN-based energy group Engen has announced that it will be progressing plans to convert its 120,000 bbl/d refinery in Durban, South Africa into a terminal, as the refinery is not commercially viable and considered unsustainable in the long term.
Type: News
UK seeks input on plans to use high temperature nuclear reactors to produce heat for industry
HIGH temperature gas nuclear reactors (HTGRs) could provide low-carbon process heat to help decarbonise heavy industry, under new plans outlined by the UK Government.
Type: News
Finalists announced for inaugural Earthshot Prize
PRINCE William has announced 15 finalists for the inaugural year of The Earthshot Prize, each of which now has a chance to win £1m (US$1.3m) to turn their innovative environmental solutions into reality.
Type: News
Experts join forces to push hydrogen production from nuclear energy
THE International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is developing a roadmap for the commercial production of hydrogen using nuclear energy.
Type: News
US climate deal signed into law
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden signed into law on Tuesday, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, a bill that along with significant healthcare benefits, will inject more than US$370bn into climate and low-carbon programmes to kickstart a new era of affordable clean energy in America, while helping to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Type: News
Rules of Thumb: Pressure Drop Due to Friction
Stephen Hall offers practical tips on calculating pressure loss due to friction.
Type: Feature
3M pledges to stop making and using “forever chemicals” by 2025
US manufacturing firm 3M has said it will stop making and using PFAS, a group of over 4700 industrial chemicals commonly known as “forever chemicals”, across its product range by the end of 2025.
Type: News
Compact Syngas Solutions receives £4m in funding for carbon capture project
COMPACT SYNGAS SOLUTIONS (CSS) in Deeside, Wales, a company that turns waste wood and unrecyclable materials into syngas and then hydrogen, has won nearly £4m (US$5.2m) in UK government funding to test a method for capturing carbon from its clean fuel production process.
Type: News
Taking a Look Back at Control: Part 1
Martin Pitt considers the history of process control in a two-part series, kicking off with mechanical and pneumatic controls
Type: Feature
EXXONMOBIL’s plan to become a leading lithium producer moved a step closer with the first phase of production at one of the largest lithium brine resources in North America.
Type: News
Martin Pitt considers the chemical engineering history of common salt
Type: Feature
Northern Lithium completes two-month extraction demonstration, eying commercial production by 2028
NORTHERN Lithium, a startup planning to mine lithium in the northeast of England, has completed 60-day extraction testing which it says demonstrates “commercial suitability” of its technology.
Type: News
Wood awarded US$100m contract to reduce gas flaring in Iraqi oil fields
OIL AND GAS engineering consultancy Wood has been awarded US$100m worth of contracts to design gas flaring reduction systems for oil extraction sites in Iraq.
Type: News
ICHEME Fellow and Imperial College London professor Claire Adjiman delivered the prestigious Danckwerts Lecture at the 15th European Congress of Chemical Engineering (ECCE) in Lisbon, Portugal, describing the experience as an “honour”.
Type: News
INEOS and Rolls-Royce SMR win big at 2025 IChemE Global Awards
ENGINEERING giants INEOS and Rolls-Royce SMR took home the biggest honours at this year’s IChemE Global Awards.
Type: News
The route from coffee waste to biofuel: Dickon Posnett, Argent Energy Director of Corporate Affairs speaks to Neil Clark
Type: Feature
